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Element 5 - A small bartop (FINISHED)
Donkbaca:
Just use the router to cut the plexi. It cuts like butter
justinjstark:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 22, 2011, 07:50:07 pm ---Just use the router to cut the plexi. It cuts like butter
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I'm wondering how to cut an 18x24" sheet nearly in half with a router. Man, a router table with a fence would make this so easy. :dunno I guess I could set it atop two boards with the gap between the boards where the router bit will go. The flush-trim bottom-bearing bit might work well here. Hmmmm...I will have to give this a go.
Donkbaca:
Easy.
Get your flush trim bit, mark the plexi with where you want to cut it with a marker. clamp the plexi to a board with a straight edge and line up the marker line with the straight edge.
go to town with the router
the end
justinjstark:
--- Quote from: Donkbaca on February 22, 2011, 08:01:03 pm ---Easy.
Get your flush trim bit, mark the plexi with where you want to cut it with a marker. clamp the plexi to a board with a straight edge and line up the marker line with the straight edge.
go to town with the router
the end
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This works wonderfully. :applaud: I wasn't so sure about routing right down the middle of a piece of plexi with a straight cutting bit. Turns out it works great.
I cut the plexi to size, taped off the viewable area, and painted the outside area with black spray paint. I put it in and I can finally say:
THIS PROJECT IS FINISHED!!!
I'm sure I will still work on the front end and do lots of tweaking but I think I'm calling it the cab done. Thank you all for your great ideas and help throughout this build. :cheers:
PS: Sorry about the bad camera-phone pictures.
Termin8tor:
Congratulations, excellent build and very well documented. :cheers: